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'My toddler called 999 when I collapsed at home and he couldn't wake me'

A mum whose toddler called for help after she collapsed out appeared on BBC Breakfast

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Georgia's toddler son called 999 when she collapsed(Image: BBC screengrab)

BBC Breakfast welcomed a mother whose toddler did something "incredible" after she collapsed at home.

Mum Georgia appeared on the latest instalment of the programme and shared how her three-year-old son James dialled 999 to get help when she passed out and he couldn't wake her.

Introducing the pair onto the BBC show, presenter Sarah Campbell said that the toddler, who is from Doncaster, had been "hailed a hero".

Her co-host Charlie Stayt said: "So three-year-old James learned what to do during a visit to the National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield. He called the police straight away when his mum Georgia became unresponsive."

[Georgia and James spoke to Charlie Stayt and Sarah Campbell on BBC Breakfast]

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Georgia and James spoke to Charlie Stayt and Sarah Campbell on BBC Breakfast(Image: BBC screengrab)

A segment of the call was played, with the call handler heard asking James if his mum was asleep. "Is she waking up?" she asked, as James replied "No."

"Can you try and tickle mummy?" she went on. "See whether you can wake her up."

Explaining what had happened that day, Georgia told the presenters: "I'd been feeling unwell for a couple of days. And that morning I'd still been feeling quite unwell. I'd been feeling quite dizzy, quite funny. Me and James have been doing some train tracks in his bedroom so I've kind of been on my hands and knees crawling around with him and building that.

"And then my five-month-old daughter, Elodie, she was ready for a sleep. So I sat on the bed to feed her. And next thing you know I wake up and he's on the phone to 999."

"I mean, for a three-year-old to be able to pick up the phone for a start, amazing," said Sarah. "But also to have the presence of mind to call 999."

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Georgia told how proud she was of James(Image: BBC screengrab)

Georgia said she had the idea to teach James to call for help after a visit to the museum in Sheffield, because it had "a section where children can use magnetic numbers to learn how to dial 999, but also 101 as well".

"I said to my husband, this is a fantastic opportunity to teach James who to call, what to do if there was ever an emergency and he needed something, especially when I'm on my own with him at home when I was pregnant," she said.

Georgia also taught James their address, which he was then able to give when he called 999.

"I think the impressive part, obviously, is the fact that he was able to recognise that something was wrong," she said. "And be able to have the confidence in that moment as well, that he was feeling probably so worried and scared, to actually be able for them as well."

Charlie noted how "proud" James' parents must be. "Yeah, we are, absolutely," Georgia replied.

BBC Breakfast airs from 6am on BBC One.

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